---
tags:
  - bittorrent
  - dht
link: https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
related-to:
  - "[[BitTorrent DHT clarifications]]"
  - "[[Learn BitTorrent]]"
  - "[[Protocol v1 clarifications]]"
---
#bittorrent #dht 

| link       | https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html                                                |
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| related-to | [[BitTorrent DHT clarifications]], [[Learn BitTorrent]], [[Protocol v1 clarifications]] |

For the DHT protocol, there are four **queries**:
- [[ping]]: to check if another node (one from its DHT routing table) is online and reachable,
- `find_node`: find the contact information for a node given its ID,
- `get_peers`: get peers associated with a torrent [[Infohash|infohash]],
- `announce_peer`: to *announce* that the peer, controlling the querying node, is downloading a torrent on a port.